[plug] Installfest/Linux on Windows 10 Lenovo Yoga 310

[Nicholas Lloyd]

Hi Didi,

Have you tried booting into legacy BIOS mode?

https://askubuntu.com/questions/1029503/unable-to-install-ubuntu-on-lenovo-yoga-310

Kind regards,

Nic

On 8/01/2019 12:54 pm, Richard Jones wrote:
> I've been looking out for a (used) replacement laptop and found that 
> while Lenovo is mostly fine for linux, the Yoga ones are often badly 
> nobbled, so I don't even consider them even though there may be 
> exceptions.
>
> Obviously that doesn't help but I _think_ that I remember being 
> surprised at someone (here?) mentioning installing without major 
> trouble on a Yoga. Hopefully someone here can come to your rescue.
>
> Richard
>
> On 8/1/19 12:20 pm, Didi Mudigdo wrote:
>> Hi there, and Happy New Year!
>>
>> I was wondering if PLUG has an upcoming 'installfest' event?
>>
>> I have installed and used various Linux flavours on various Windows 
>> 7/Chromebook machines (Joli, Puppy, Lubuntu, Bodhi, Ubuntu, Gallium), 
>> but installing Linux on my recently-acquired Windows 10 laptop 
>> (Lenovo Yoga 310 
>> <https://www.lenovo.com/au/en/laptops/yoga/yoga-300-series/Lenovo-YOGA-310-11IAP/p/88YG3000736>) 
>> has got me stumped.
>>
>> I have followed instructions from various forums off the 'net, but 
>> none of the procedures seem to work (when I boot off a Linux boot 
>> USB, the laptop just freezes to a prompt and nothing happens).
>>
>> I think it would be best if someone more experienced was watching 
>> over me while I did it, to see what I'm doing wrong.
>>
>> Thanks in advance and best regards,
>>
>> Didi Mudigdo
>> github.com/dmudigdo <http://github.com/dmudigdo>
>>
>>
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